white irish or british?

Question

Am I white irish or white british? I get asked a lot on forms and such and I always put white british because i was born in kent but it stresses on some forms that its nothing to do with nationality. Both my parents where born in england but 3 out of 4 of my grandparents where born in Ireland (both North and Republic) so what does that make me regarding ethnicity?

genntri - I'm catholic and I'm not sure about the whole god thing you described but my family are part of the Ross clan if thats what you're talking about being celtic

Answer 1

A mixture of Irish and British heritage, or you can just say Irish mostly because that's what you are (75% if 3 out of 4 of them are Irish).

Answer 2

I doubt many in Britain or even not many in Ireland consciously remember

but if you follow and believe the protestant's religions or the British Episcopalian or the current Catholic since the days of St Patrick converting the :Heathens then you are white british

If you are one of those heathens that still respect the early Druid/Celtic/Christine (note the spelling) Honoring of the living god that resides in every atom of our universe and works to make this world better for those you share it with instead of racing for the graveyard end of test other world reward then you are definitely White Irish
and I dont care what you do about the British side LOLOL but you really should set your spell check to remind you to always capitalize the word Irish


.................. grin

Answer 3

There is no "white" Irish per se since true Irish are only ever Caucasian.(I know we have Irish people of colour too e.g. Phil Lynott and Samantha Mumba etc.)
HOWEVER :-
If you use the term Black Irish then this DOES NOT refer to skin colour - it is a reference to the derivation of the Irishmanand his ancestors being from the spanish survivors of the Armada.
The "white" British is relevant though since we have many ethnicities making up "British".Forms hould do away with the vagueness and give people their actual ethnicity as a choice e.g. Indian ,Pakistani ,Chinese etc. instead of "white" British etc.

Answer 4

Irish, not Brit.

Message to Skinhead Girl: You misunderstand. Because the six are still nominally part of UK, some refer to the Irish as Brits. We are not. The planters may feel differently, but then, they can move somewhere else if they feel that strongly about it.

Answer 5

You are ethinicallly Irish. Nationally English.

Answer 6

When I worked in HR our Equal Opportunities forms had the ethnic question, and it definitely stated it was how you see yourself. Therefore, if you were white and live in London, but see yourself as Asian because your grandparents were that was the answer you had to put.

Answer 7

I am from N Ireland and I find that it makes things so much easier to state on forms that I'm British. It doesn't stop me being Irish though.

Answer 8

Depends on what sort of form you're filling in. It doesn't really make a difference either way unless you're applying for a driving license or a passport...in which case you're English.

Answer 9

Um,most Brits and Irish are caucasion, Hm...that's a weird question to get asked.

Answer 10

The term that was once used was "a plastic paddy" for a second or third generation Irishman.

sláinte.